01 – Motivation

01 – Motivation

Overview

  • Approaches to Item Authoring
  • Tasks / Pages / Components

Approaches to Item Authoring

Online survey tools

E-Learning tools

  • Learning management systems (e.g.,Moodle Quizzes), H5P, …

TAO Assessment Platform

  • QTI interactions to create items, Integration of IMS QTI/PCI-components

Curriculum- / domain specific tools

Psychological Research Tools

IMS Question & Test Interoperability (QTI)

Various response formats, defined as QTI-Interactions, e.g.,

  • QTI decomposes assessments into multiple Interactions

CBA ItemBuilder

Item Authoring Tool

  • CBA ItemBuilder decomposes assessment content into multiple Tasks

  • Content Experts create interactive items using Pages combined as Task

  • Items or units as Tasks1 can use one or multiple Pages

  • The CBA ItemBuilder can combine the single interactions and create multi-paged Task-environments (i.e., the complete interactive item in the Figure above is one CBA ItemBuilder Task).

Test Delivery Platform

  • Tests are administered as sequence of Tasks (one Task visible at a time)
  • CBA ItemBuilder can be used with different tools for test deployment

Pages are Designed using Components

Items or units (=Tasks) are a combination of Pages, and Pages contain Components.

  • Components exist for various purposes:

Summary: What to Expect

CBA ItemBuilder is a tool for non-programmers to design assessment content (as Tasks, using Pages and Components).

PRO

  • Building interactive items without prior programming knowledge
  • Profit from features developed for many project that used (or use) the CBA ItemBuilder in various research projects
  • Flexible approach allows various item designs

CON

  • Deployment software is required for specific use-cases
  • Training is necessary (therefore such workshops)